Top 10: Worst Abilities in Pokemon

Trying out another Top 10 video, this time focusing on Abilities that aren't very good. Disagree with one, think I missed another, let me know what you think!
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Credit to Bulbapedia for having an awesome site, and for the information I showed in this video

[@phnexOice]

Honorable mention to pre Gen 5 Sturdy, it negated 1 hit kill moves, it negated 4 moves in the entire game, 4 almost never used moves that would most likely miss you anyway, thank god for Gen 5 making it an actual useful ability

[@lewisbyrd8426]

phnexOice I thought sturdy just prevented you from being one shot from any move

[@petelee2477]

Cupo now after it was buffed before that it basically did nothing. It granted immunity to OHKO moves

[@dagmak5988]

Solid Rock is overrated. Energy Ball and Surf will still kill Rhyperior before it knows what hit it. Every Pokémon with the Solid Rock ability has a 4x weakness to Surf or Energy Ball/Giga Drain/Grass Knot. Although I’ll agree it’s still better than Lightningrod on Rhyperior. And I guess it’s okay for Camerupt seeing as it has good special defense and Amnesia but still... Rhyperior is still a really good Pokémon and doesn’t need Solid Rock to be better than all other Rock types except Tyranitar though. I just don’t think the benefit is as good as it seems.

[@TheUltimateRare]

If they had one that reflected a single type back, like grass onto a rock type gets reflected back for 4/10th total damage, i could understand that. 40% back would be nice.

[@mrfirebass]

nononono i remember sturdy as those little vag rocks would not get killed by my supereffective grass moves it pissed me off so much that i just had to run away

[@CallMeReesio]

So thats why my Bewear never used its quick claw damn

[@johngold42]

Rip

[@meghanaingleshwar]

Use ability capsule

[@HibinoKafka0210]

Merry Christmas!

[@petelee2477]

2:04 I feel like run away would be situationally useful if it was changed so that you can always switch out. As in you can't be trapped by arena trap, fire spin, shadow tag etc.

[@InfernosReaper]

It is honestly weird that it doesn't also include those situations because those come up way more often than needing to flee random battles

[@ENCHANTMEN_]

IMO they should all have battle uses, like maybe pickup could randomly find berries during battle?

[@thetabbyguy921]

@@ENCHANTMEN_ pickup actually does have a use in battle although it sucks it picks up an item the opponent used and even that only works if your pokemon is not holding anything itself

[@CoralReaper707]

That's like the easiest way to make it good, and honestly the best way. It's amazing how such a simple change can go such a long way

[@petelee2477]

@@thetabbyguy921 that's pick pocket not pick up

[@raynmanshorts9275]

"Pickup does nothing in battle." The infinite flinch lock combo would like a word with you.

[@seanphillips7961]

What about levitate on rotom-fan? A flying type with levitate

[@astracrits4633]

why is that even a thing

[@Jrose11]

On Showdown Randoms they give it Balloon as its held item.

[@seanphillips7961]

Tux Victini Im fully aware of that. I'm just referring to its existence on Rotom Fan

[@AlabamaBoiz]

Sean Phillips and in random battles it holds air balloons because... Idk... Smogon...

[@AztecCroc]

Rotom-Fan has levitate because prior to Gen 5 Rotom's alternate forms didn't change type, so in Platinum and HGSS Rotom-Fan was Ghost/Electric.

[@abelardoreyes3140]

the only ability that I think shouldn't be on the list is surge surfer because it allows alolan raichu to not use as many if any speed evs. Also alonan raichu is part of the tapu koko tapu lele raichu core that is popular in vgc and thats because of surge surfer and its psychic type.

[@Jhay052347968]

Abelardo Reyes I Agree...maybe Jrose isnt that deep enough in the competitive scene so thats why he put it (?)

[@Jrose11]

Don't play a lot of VGC, so I didn't know that. However, wouldn't that be easily countered though by things like Tyranitar and Landorus-T (Post-Pokebank)?

[@henriquecarballoaranha9100]

Or use Scarf Timid with Electro Ball

[@mjdigit6932]

Jrose11 VGC doesnt allow pokebank

[@Datboi-mn6ok]

Mjdigit it will though

[@graysonperdue9402]

THANK YOU every list is just defeatist, slow start, truant

[@snekladyrobin]

Truant is understandable, but Defeatist and Slow Start were completely pointless since the Pokemon in question didn't need "balancing" There are more op legends than regigigas who get off scott free and Archeops has pathetic HP and Defenses as well as weaknesses to 5 types

[@JohnJonesBilly]

Niels The Jolteon um actually regigigas is a pretty good Pokémon it has 200+ max speed a ton of attack and defense. It only has one super effective type against it and it learns substitute and thunder wave making it and incredible wall

[@snekladyrobin]

@@JohnJonesBilly it does have a lack of reliable recovery and can't even learn protect Plus, again, it's really great, but there are more powerful Pokemon than it and they don't get completely crippled

[@skydragonslayer9820]

I've you've truant to my advantage by first turn putting them to sleep and next turn I attack

[@D-Havoc]

@@snekladyrobin Those legendary pokemon are only "more op" than regigigas because regigigas has slow start. If, by some tactic, you got rid of slow start then it would shit on pokemon left and right justa s Slaking can do when Truant is gotten rid of. As for Archeops, it's lower defense stats also play a part in the "balancing" aspect of why it ahs defeatist. Oh, and let's not forget this thing can learn roost, so it's not like "all is lost" just because it drops to half its HP. But without Defeatist, Archeops would just be Salamence Jr. It's also important to remember the generation the pokemon was made in. There wasn't really that many op legendary pokemon back in Gen 4 to compare to Regigigas and I'm sure you remember how terrifying Flying Gem + Acrobatics Archeops was.

[@nasswtor]

Someone once tried to tell me that stall is useful against aeglislash to hit it's attack form instead of its defence form when it attacks

[@stotab8700]

edgy my thoughts exactly. I love Aegislash simply because his low speed makes him basically untouchable since he can attack and go back into turtle mode consecutively

[@librathebeautifulwarmonk1283]

Stall is also good for Payback.

[@sevi630]

key word: situational

[@mariosantosaccount]

sableye stop learning payback around last gen so...

[@Moakmeister]

Yeah... but... Sableye

[@fameshark.3742]

Although I agree with Run Away, fun enough, I'm doing a shiny hunting badge quest in Soul Silver right now and I'm finding a lot of use in that ability. My only high level Pokemon is my shiny Chikorita, so to avoid getting its shiny sparkles confused with a new shiny, a Run Away Sentret has been my lead Pokemon. But yeah, Smoke Ball really invalidates that. It would be cool if they buffed Run Away so they could escape Arena Trap, Shadow Tag, Fire Spin, etc. in battle.

[@LunykStormdragon]

wait. Run Away DOESN'T negate those effects???

[@fameshark.3742]

Skye Lowell Not in competitive battling, nope. It would be a really good niche counter if it did

[@kennethokubo3435]

+White Chaos there's a better way to escape trapping tactics. Just be a ghost type.

[@LunykStormdragon]

right, but it would provide a *use* for the Ability, plus allow non-Ghost types to escape. like, if you're already trapped in something, you can't exactly switch to a Ghost-type.

[@mapOoni]

I have seen flame orb + trick with Klutz on showdown during gen 6 (because people assume it's mega lopunny).

[@lisabarnes924]

mapOoni that's actually smart.

[@ZeroVacancy]

I used assault vest to swap it onto mons who used a lot of non attacking moves

[@I_Am_Bowi]

wtf are you sayin cris you can't use trick when you hold an AV

[@I_Am_Bowi]

if you trick it away you can cripple something while before the exchange you dont get hindered

[@wschippr1]

Bowi I think he meant Switcheroo

[@jonahsimmons5332]

Just saying, Sableye is immune to Counter and Mirror Coat anyway

[@ShinyShilla]

They did dirt on the goblin

[@steelslasher2030]

*laughs in metal burst*

[@skyeplaysgames4598]

@@steelslasher2030 seeing as metal burst is a +0 move, stall blocks it

[@strongside4565]

Some of these are even worse when you consider the pokes that can use them. With Big Pecks for example, it is mostly birds that already have mediocre defense, but high attack. Normally by the time a pokemon could even try to lower its defense, that poke would have eaten two attacks and died.

[@petelee2477]

Strongside yes chotats base 45 defenses cannot be compromised

[@N1netbattler]

It'd be nice if big peaks boosted defense a little also

[@kbowman772]

Switcheroo a flame orb with Lopunny

[@harrymanocha4533]

kbowman772 or just use an actually good item. Or even change it for a mon with willowisp

[@onionbits7466]

Choice item Loppuny with Switcheroo

[@commanderbeepo8066]

kbowman772 I thought the same thing

[@SkiGlovesie]

The only use of Klutz is to Switcheroo Assault Vest, any other item worth Tricking could be useful to the pokémon holding it, while also a major detriment to the right victim (i.e. Choice Items, Flame Orb, Black Sludge, etc.). Assault Vest is essentially a permanent taunt that your opponent can't trick back. This strategy is still absolutely terrible.

[@BJ-no2oe]

Ski Gloves But it can be so rage inducing if you use it on the right pokemon. Trust me, I use Emolga in OU and Slurpuff in Ubers.

[@Jrose11]

Alright, so it seems Surge Surfer is quite useful. Truth was I just thought it was funny there was an ability that raised Raichu's speed, but didn't think about how good that would be in doubles. Also I hear you guys on Klutz. Full Klutz Team upcoming..... (once GameFreak decides we deserve the Pokebank Update)

[@puffysparklez6586]

Jrose11 what about emergency exit? personally I think it's a very sucks ability but what's your point of view?

[@Jrose11]

I'm not sure yet. I think there are good and bad parts to it. On one hand you get a free switch and another chance to use First Impression. On the other hand, you may not want to switch at that moment, so I need to see how/if people use it in battles.

[@puffysparklez6586]

Jrose11 those are really good points. thanks I'm glad I could get someone else opinion on it :)

[@LilyWater84]

Jrose11 use klutz on a set up Pokémon with assault vest,because of klutz you can just trick/swicharoo the item away

[@199bobi]

I'm kind of surprised Illuminate wasn't on this list, to be honest. It could have replaced either Surge Surfer or Klutz

[@JMHV]

Klutz is not that useless, it was quite common on Lopunny with Trick. The ability I was really hoping you'd include in this was Illuminate, which I think would've been pretty high on the list! :)

[@iowaone7221]

Jon Martin Vinje there’s no good items to put on a loppuny to trick to other Pokémon. If you’re talking about a flame orb, you could just use a will o wisp on a Pokémon.

[@petelee2477]

iowaone how about an assault vest of those physical walls an annoying skarmory

[@r_se]

iowaone trick is better because of the fact that the enemy pokemon loses its item.

[@generalforster]

I love tricking Assault Vest onto walls, hilarious

[@ladyriethegoldendelmo5441]

+iowaone not really? one let's say they depend on like choice band or a shedinja pokemon? if u did that to shedinja it pretty much dies lol

[@polnapanties]

Run Away is actually a good ability for me. Whenever I'm hunting Shiny Dittos in the Friend Safari they always give me strife by holding Quick Powder and Transforming into my Smeargle with high speed... and yeah. Run Away is good if you can't get your hands on a Smoke Ball.

[@kirbywithnicehair3927]

But they're super easy to get

[@MollyOKami]

#2. There are two battle techniques with KLUTZ: 1.) Hold an items that would cause damage so your opponents try to steal it, and 2.) When an opponent/ally uses SKILL SWAP.

[@Gallade36639]

I enjoy flinging Iron Balls, Flame/Toxic Orbs tho xD

[@KrispyKrabby]

I find it hilarious that Sableye has an Ability that decreases priority and one that increases priority lol

[@zakary96ful]

What I HATED was hustle... Ended up missing quick attack 5 times in a row

[@SpaghettiSammy]

6:15 I was chuckling for like ten minutes at that. Just 3 giant steel types being challenged by a budew sitting there like :])

[@amiemallich3255]

Can't you use a Swootbat with "Klutz" and "Skill Swap" to pretty much ruin a Mega Evolution Pokémon or somethin'?

[@blackout9021]

Amie Mallich I have to try that 😂 of course once poke transfer comes out

[@dyrokudobane]

Amie Mallich Too bad Klutz doesn't work on Mega stones and most people use mega evolution asap (though it is unlikely you can effect mega stones that way anyway.

[@blackout9021]

dyrokudobane Won't know until you try... *Realises internet is a thing* Well you can skill swap after mega evolution, Pixilate Gardevoir? Nope! Magic Bounce Sabeleye? Nope! Wait... Would that work? Okay, well... Drought Charizard? No-Well... I guess it... Well maybe... Okay, I'll stop.

[@theonewingedangel8680]

Amie Mallich lopuny can switcheroo an assault vest onto a prankster Pokemon ;) now your opponent can't do squat.

[@peanutbutterpikachu]

Amie Mallich omg yes. There's also mummy tho which is basically a virus. And there are good mons that get gastro acid too.

[@rjienrlwey]

Surge Surfer could boost Raichu's Electro Ball. Very situational, yes, but still..

[@thesquonk1954]

Its actually op. The 150 base damage is pretty dope.

[@galladiated]

Hold up, sableye has an ability that makes it go last, but it gets metal burst as an egg move. Slap a focus sash on there and there is some use for it

[@ImaginaryStudios]

Or uh Mega evolve it

[@gardevoirboreale]

Wjat about Trick Room strategy for a Stall Sableye ?

[@maibhe6754]

@@gardevoirboreale It doesn't lower your speed. It basically gives -0.5 priority to every move you have.

[@polnapanties]

What if Surge Surfer was replaced by Levitate? How broken would Alolan Raichu be then?

[@alucard2076]

Tynamo final evolution would probably be better and has just that.

[@greninjamastergabe6452]

It also wouldn't be affected by Electric Terrain if it had Levitate.

[@redwings13400]

It would be... decent. Not broken, its base stats are still too low and it doesn't like taking neutral hits anyway, but it would probably be usable on the right team. If it got surge surfer and levitate as abilities, then the mind games could come in, though which ability is better probably depends on whether tapu koko is on your team. Surge surfer is actually a pretty good ability to run along tapu koko, it doesn't belong in this list.

[@renatoramos8834]

he would suck.

[@expansionpackdeluxe636]

Or if Surge Surfer not only doubled Speed but also make Raichu float so it won’t get affected by Ground type moves. That would make Raichu a bit OP.

[@alexale665]

I didn't even know "Stall" was an Ability

[@lisabarnes924]

Alex Lamsam same.

[@zachosan8915]

I knew because I caught a shiny sableye with not keen eye or prankster, but STALL. It's painful.

[@anetakochova3974]

Use Ability capsule to change it to Keen eye, still bad ability, but at least better than Stall.

[@Chaos89P]

+Zacho San Teach it Payback. The opponent will be in a world of hurt if it actually attacks Sableye.

[@so0meone]

With Sableye's AMAZING base 75 attack, I'm sure they'll be keeling over from those Paybacks. There's a reason Foul Play is Sableye's attack of choice. Its attack stat sucks, it has to use its opponent's to do damage. Also Swagger is a thing, it synergizes well with Foul Play too, Sableye's a solid half the reason the Swagger Clause exists in Smogon's rules (Klefki being the other half).

[@shujinkoMK]

You wanna know the funny thing about light metal? Metagross weights so much that low kick and grass knot will always deal max damage regardless of ability. Also I know that you discarded truant because it balances out Slaking but I would have put it in number 1 because there is one more pokemon that gets truant and is not nearly as broken as Slaking, rendering the ability useless.

[@notster7114]

no Durant gets entrainment so truant does have a use on it, it can be used to actually sweep any team using most pokemon, if you get entrainment off on every enemy pokemon, then bring in a pokemon with protect, you're opponent will never be able to deal damage to you and you can do this with any pokemon that learns protect

[@shujinkoMK]

Assuming the opponent won't SWITCH. if they don't is because he's trapped by baton-passed mean look. If you switch to a sweeper, mean look gets cancelled and if you try baton pass again with durant you have to wait for durant to do nothing one more turn. The idea is nice on paper but it's just not worth it.

[@Marianoejar]

So they won't switch when you switch Durant out?

[@nihildwo4874]

quite honest, there is the infamous truant durant + dugtrio combo. eject button truant durant with entrainment in team with protect + hone claws dugtrio. works in 1-offs (aka not best of 3) mostly against inexperienced players.

[@Flarezap]

Durant gets Truant because it's a True Ant

[@Skalvern]

Why isnt Illuminate on the list? It fits in perfectly as it does nothing in battle and unlike magma armor has a pretty useless out of battle effect

[@MrPenetroso]

Actually, it can be good for outside battles. It increases 100% wild encounter rates. If you want to catch a rare pokemon, that's a good way.

[@sevi630]

What about slow start????

[@cherrychocolate1434]

@Trip He specifically said at the beginning of the video that he excluded Slow Start, Truant, and Defeatist.

[@sevi630]

I don't know what happened, but it got skipped for some reason.

[@bilbop4962]

@@sevi630 u prob skipped it urself and u dont remember/u dont wanna point it out

[@GxHollofied]

Klutz Loppuny with Switcheroo and Assault Vest. Sure Assault Vest increases spec def. but how about putting it on their utility Pokemon. No more Rocks Spikes healing etc.

[@Mr_Maiq_The_Liar]

GxHollowfied I was thinking poison orb fling for a high damage poisonous dark type move

[@Sean-fz8if]

Michael Klump I mean, most people have atleast 1 supportive/passive mon that loses out on lots of moves with an assault vest

[@N12015]

@@Sean-fz8if And those mons are commonly switching in the field to drain your momentum, so it's not uncommon to lure this. Even AV in something like Zapdos or Latias make them almost dead weight.

[@deadaccount1.57]

I Love imaging you trying this and realising how stupid you were.

[@ieverneon616]

Sableye with Stall is designed specifically for Payback builds. I agree that Prankster is better, but the application of getting Payback to that double damage every time is indeed useful. (Though still, go for Prankster.)

[@nevergonnafindme5778]

iEverNeon But Sableye is so slow that you might as well go last anyway

[@Rainos62]

what happens to stall in trick room though im curious

[@poiuygfd6306]

so you put surge surfer on this list, but not illuminate?

[@aquatictwist]

You can use illuminate the find pokemon with lower encounter rates easier.

[@MapCRimSoNCobRa117]

Jake Phillips I was dumbfounded that abilities like surge surfer, Klutz, or magma armor was in here but NOT illuminate. illuminate literally does nothing in battle, and does nothing but annoy you if you have it unwantingly outside. if you want to find a 'mon, you run around. if not, you try and go as quickly as possible and hope you don't find a wild 'mon. it's straight up useless. and then they don't list Damp either? like what?

[@spectrumshaytokun7861]

MapCRimZ I have to disagree with that. Illuminate is the best ability when it comes to Pokémon Hunting as a whole. it makes Harder Pokémon easy to find. I personally use Illuminate to Shiny Hunt rare mons with low encounter rates.

[@SaturnYoshi]

Illuminate is pretty useless. Arena Trap does the same thing outside of battle, and still has an in-battle effect.

[@petelee2477]

Spectrum Shaytokun still isn't as good as surge surfer though

[@theannilators7479]

I think stall is for the move “payback” but it’s definately not worth it

[@InfernosReaper]

yeah, wouldn't it make more sense to just put that move on a slow mon instead?

[@miqvPL]

Sableye has Stall to double Payback damage, it could learn that move some time ago. So it had one use with this ability. Levitate Rotom-Fan is useless though.

[@TheVengefulVadam]

Light Metal's good on Scizors that hold Scizorite since Mega Scizor gains Technician upon Mega Evolution anyways. Might as well have base Scizor use an ability that gives it SOMETHING before it mega evolves. There's no reason to not mega evolve Scizor when you bring it out.

[@flavorflov6519]

The Vengeful 'Vadam it's also for whenever a Trace pokemon tries to switch into it. Still situational, but it's the optimal ability for mega scizor.

[@rider4523]

Yea but Clear Body on Registeel and Metagross is better for Intimidates

[@litalpaca9736]

It actually gives zero benefit to metagross due to the way damage for low kick and grass knot are calculated. Only making metagross take more damage from heavy slam and heat crash so it's literally only a detriment.

[@petelee2477]

@@flavorflov6519 why does anyone care about trace? Scizor was going to die from that hidden power fire anyway.

[@Toniblast]

And Damp is so bad only prevents explosion and self destruct

[@hasantariq2286]

it also prevents damage from the ability aftermath

[@AznYunHou]

Its worse if its the hidden ability

[@Marcusjnmc]

my VGC 15 Mega Swampert I took to top 10 on the showdown ladder was damp, it only proced a few times on switch in Vs explosion gimmicks & once Vs aftermath (chose not to mega while taking that k.o) but it won me those games, certainly a lot more useful than torrent would of been

[@Toniblast]

Marcusjnmc thats cool i never heard Office that

[@Marcusjnmc]

it's just a ladder rank on an online simulator, it is the best ability for mega swamperts though

[@gramps3392]

In the case of Klutz, you could pull off some pretty crazy Trick stuff with it. If it negates the effect of your held item, then have a Poison Barb and Trick on a Pokemon with Klutz, and you don't have to worry about getting yourself poisoned. You could also use Klutz as a way to avoid having Trick being used on yourself, with stuff like the Choice Items, or other items that could break your plan of attack down.

[@jemon_lemon7884]

I can imagine Gamefreak making some of these 'useful' in battle one day. Like if a honey gather had no item, at the end of each turn, it has a chance of finding honey and instantly using sweet scent. And run away should let the Pokemon switch out even if it's under the effect of mean look or fire spin.

[@Bushforg]

The perfect way to make your Pokemon with bad abilities better: Ability Capsule.

[@farmerwithshotgun5166]

Mr. Dude Unless they only have one.

[@qwilliams1539]

Or if its a hidden ability.

[@brandonoutwater6789]

Yeah, but those things cost so much Battle Points

[@Ree_Mixx]

Brandon Outwater not in USUM, where BP are very easy to gain thanks to Mantine Surfing

[@MarioJPC]

Audino with Kultz and Entrainment can be a problem.

[@lovaniaakasanssgengar548]

*inhale* nORmalIzE. Delcatty was perfect and completely broken in mystery dungeon and then gen 4 ripped it away, giving it the possibility of not hitting ghosts.

[@maibhe6754]

I was expecting Normalize to be mentioned. It has some use in that it makes Thunder Wave able to hit ground types but losing the ability to get type coverage is makes it not worth it. At least it's an interesting ability, if not good.

[@orangesilver8]

Since generation 7 normalize also adds a 20% power boost. Still a pretty weird ability, but the power boost could actually be helpful.

[@iceicicle3046]

Assist v create becomes more powerful than a z move so no

[@mcbadrobotvoice8155]

I want a lovedisk with slow start

[@VishnooChandra]

*Luvdisc

[@vibevizier6512]

i like run away. its useful for zubat.

[@ry._an]

Underops Gaming tbh crobat is op

[@JABRIEL251]

I don't really agree with Surge Surfer or Klutz.

[@David-oc7ni]

Logical Juan what's so good about klutz

[@enriquevaldesmedina]

wondering aru You could carry a flame orb and fling it or switcheroo. Klutz Pokemon doesn't feel the effects. Or maybe an iron ball to slow down opponents and ground flying Pokemon. It has its uses. Not great, but it could be a surprise.

[@JABRIEL251]

Great for giving opponents hurtful items without being hurt. Sticky Barb comes to mind. I'm not saying it is great, but I wouldn't call it bad.

[@sebastienzander5593]

or Switcheroo Assault Vest..

[@PaxtubeLetsPlays]

Mr S I did that to a non attacking chansey once, It struggled😂

[@grimspecs4752]

My thoughts on how some of these abilities could be improved and how it could affect competitive RUN AWAY: On top of its current effect, a Pokemon with the ability can switch out even if abilities such as Arena Trap, Magnet Pull, and Shadow Tag are in effect, and it can switch out on trapping moves such as Wrap, Fire Spin, Infestation etc. This would probably benefit Dodrio the most since it would be a better pick than either Early Bird or Tangled Feet. Could also be useful for Rapidash and give my boi Furret some other options. BIG PECKS: Should also protect from Defense lowering effects from the user. What I find ridiculous about this is that the only way any of the Pokemon that get Big Pecks as an ability is to use Mirror Move on an opponent that used something like Close Combat or Superpower, so I don't even understand the current version of the ability from a game balance perspective. PLUS and MINUS: Buff the bonus from 50% to 100%. Considering how gimmicky the abilities are, at worst the most problematic thing you'd run into are two Minus Manectrics in a double battle. MAGMA ARMOR: Add a "Reduces the damage from Fire and Ice Type Moves by 50%". It isn't much but it would allow Magcargo and Camerupt for safer switch-ins against Fire and Ice attacks. LIGHT METAL: Add a "Increases the Pokemon's Speed by 50% but reduces DEF and SPDEF by 33% each". Essentially gives you a Choice Scarf as an ability with the downside of being locked into one move being replaced with a -1 for both defenses. Could make Scizor a better sweeper and make Choice Scarf Metagross a major threat. Would still be completely useless on Registeel though. HONEY GATHER: For an in battle effect, just make it the Grass-Type equivalent of Water and Volt Absorb. Congrats Ribombee, you have a decent ability now. STALL: Rework this from a "Pokemon always moves last" to "Any moves the Pokemon uses that have Stage 0 priority are reduced to Stage -5 priority". Say if the Pokemon with this ability used for example Thunderpunch on an opponent the following situations could happen. *Cannot be burned by Beak Blast as the move would complete before the user would attack *Shell Trap will always fail *Avalanche and Revenge would deal less damage as they would go first *If the Pokemon with the ability is slower than their opponent, Counter and Mirror Coat will always fail The only moves that would still go after the attack would be any of the force switch-out moves (Roar, Dragon tail, etc) or Trick Room. Plus you would still have the benefit of all the increased priority moves still keeping their original priority. Ultimately Prankster would still be the far more useful ability for Sableye, but I could see some pretty interesting sets that could take advantage of the decreased priority.

[@sterilepancake]

I don't generally like top 10s but i absolutely love your videos and really makes me feel that nostalgia again

[@Marxvee]

Good lord, those abilities are pretty bad (with the exception of Surge Surfer, that still has a good use), but you know whats also bad? Stunfisk having Limber. Gen 6 ruined Stunfisk by giving Limber's effects to all electric type Pokemon, so basically Stunfisk has an ability that does nothing.

[@goGothitaLOL]

there's Body Slam which can paralized Ground-types

[@Marxvee]

But he's also electric, so he doesn't get paralyzed anyways.

[@gr33nriver77]

You can paralyze an electric type. Just not by status moves

[@Diana4281]

You can't paralyze electric types ever since gen 6.

[@xXDrunkenDragoonXx]

glacia rotom fan with levitate though

[@petelee2477]

For zyguarde you didn't even mention that it's weak to fairy anyway and will still probably get destroyed by moonblast especially after a geomancy power herb boost

[@lovaniagengar7941]

Run Away saved me once. How? Well, I was training my Eevee I caught in Castelia City to evolve into an Umbreon and my Sneasel into Weavile. A Mismagius appeared and nearly wiped me out. I sent in my Eevee (her name was Darkheart) and tried once again to run. I actually didn't have a smoke ball on me at the time. I managed to get away from this painful crap and keep my money and friendship levels to boot.

[@gengarzilla1685]

And that's relevant to the story how? Seriously, buzz off if that's all you have.

[@librathebeautifulwarmonk1283]

Nice Umbreon name. I tend to call mine Greed

[@minervasucicorbegoso2097]

Michael Klump I can say it for the drawing in her profile picture. Nothing bad with being a little girl, sometimes I wish to go back in time and be a little girl again. I miss those days.

[@minervasucicorbegoso2097]

I tend to call my umbreons Lilith if it's female and Mephisto if it's male. Mitology is fascinating for me.

[@snekladyrobin]

Mismagius can't appear in the wild in Castelia City

[@KLOTEROLEROTAR]

For Plus/Minus, I have created a very convoluted strategy. In a double or triple battle, have a Plus/Minus pokemon, have Gardevoir with Roleplay and Skill Swap, A smeargle with Roleplay and Skill Swap, A Shuckle with an assault vest and special moves. Put the plus pokemon, the smeargle and the gardevoir on the team first. Have the Smeargle Skill Swap on the plus pokemon. Then have the Gardevoir use Roleplay to copy the Plus/Minus from the smeargle. Have the smeargle use calm mind 6 times then baton pass with the shuckle. Have Gardevoir skill swap with the shuckle and put replace the gardevoir with the plus/minus pokemon. Then have a pokemon that has the move that swaps the atk and sp atk with the def and sp def on shuckle and bam you got a +6 sp atk pokemon with base 230 sp atk. Or you could use this strategy in a more viable way and give a Slaking Huge Power but who does that?

[@SerperiorSoup]

how is smeargle meant to survive 6 turns to do that it's defense is ass

[@avcosmoem7124]

@@SerperiorSoup clearly we need focus band

[@evantanuwidjaja8017]

that sounds like a shitty strategy, smeargle will die

[@KLOTEROLEROTAR]

@@evantanuwidjaja8017 hence why I called it "convoluted". do you even read?

[@evantanuwidjaja8017]

@@KLOTEROLEROTAR then its still shitty

[@kennethokubo3435]

The funny thing about what you said about counter and mirror coat is that with sableye being a ghost and dark type it can't even be hurt by either of those snaking it even more useless. Personally I think emergency exit is one of the worst abilities. It would be amazing if given to something that could actually outspeed a big chunk of the game and take a hit. But on golisopod it's almost always a hinderance. Sure you can nail something with a priority move and then get out. But if they're stacking hazards well then have fun watching your golisopod do slightly more than a combee by the time it's not getting forced out.

[@kennethokubo3435]

Also anticipation is horrible. Oh you're going to hit me with a super effective hit? Yay. Nope don't need to know whether it's a fire blast or freaking ember just know that you have a super effective attack. The only use I could possibly see for that is scouting what kind of hidden power something has. But you have to swap in so it's just not good at all.

[@thestoneskipper3377]

He said he's not including abilities that exist to balance the pokemon out, which is, I assume, why he left Emergency Exit off the list. It's a huge hinderance to golisopod, who is otherwise a very good pokemon.

[@kennethokubo3435]

+Brennan Cuppage very good Pokémon is very much a stretch imo. It didn't need this. Even an ability that does nothing would have been better. Being as slow as it is and easily worn down by hazards already is a huge hinderance. Yeah it has priority but they're either weak not stab or only usable in very specific situations. Trust me you want an amazing bug type try scolipede. Protect speed boost into stab mega horn will ruin lives if they aren't prepared.

[@ieverneon616]

Emergency Exit was probably given to Golisopod to aid in its signature move: First Impression.

[@kennethokubo3435]

+iEverNeon there's better ways to do that. I'd rather not be forced out every time I fall below half.

[@user-db5fg1co1d]

Light metal is good for scizor since you can start with light metal to lower damage from a low kick from weavile and mega evolve with the technician ability

[@Phenoix2]

They should bring back horde battles

[@werrywit]

Klutz+Trick could be somewhat useful if you want to give your opponent a choice item or assault vest.

[@spluff5]

I would have put Illuminate on this list.

[@tapgaming4360]

Spluff5 No illuminate is good for shiny hunting. It's not completely useless

[@waluigist]

Fish Tap Tap talking about competitive

[@Zum1UDontNo]

Tempest Laundry Sauce The video is talking about both in battle and out of battle.

[@metchynorth5806]

Tap Gaming it’s not like it increases shiny rate just wild encounters same can be done with swarm and arena trap!!!!!!!

[@waluigist]

Metchy North arena trap doesn’t increase encounter rate, it makes it so other pokemon cannot escape battle

[@shaneTA]

I'm suprised the ability 'Normalize' wasn't on this list.

[@MinecraftKraken]

Shane Archuleta hey but with that you can thunder wave ground types and Pokemon with lighting rod so that's nice. :^)

[@theonewingedangel8680]

Shane Archuleta stab blizzard? Pair it up with foresight, and ... Yeesh.

[@shaneTA]

the one winged angel - Yeah I guess it would be decent to skill swap onto a normal type. But you'd be walled by any ghost type.

[@moira5757]

Shane Archuleta since normal types can learn moves like blizzard, thunderbolt, and grass knot having normalize would be useful because it makes those moves STAB

[@tesseract2144]

Oh really gr8. I mean it is not like there are already plenty of powerful normal moves like return, double-edge, boomburst.. No really, I can't wait to never hit super effectively and get completely walled by ghost just for having a STAB for certain moves

[@MrIronJustice]

Nice video man! I really enjoy these 'top worst' ones, because there are a lot of weird and poorly planned out things in Pokémon. BTW could Klutz be used to hold like a Flame Orb and throw it at the enemy without being burned yourself?

[@_MrTrue]

i know this is a year old video but im on a spree and just felt like telling you how good your videos are.... You make grear videos.

[@Ballslover18]

Your Surge Surfer segment contradicts what you earlier in the video as it has a purpose in double battles. Just wanted to point that out.

[@henriquecarballoaranha9100]

He didn't say that seing not as usable in singles is the proble. He said that the fact the only mon that gets is is already fast doesn't help much.

[@Ballslover18]

Henrique Carballo Aranha​ I was just saying it contradicted what he said in the beginning of the video. He said that he will be taking into consideration all the uses of the ability ((Meaning single and double battle)) why was only looking at Surge Surfer only in single battles. In double battles Alolan Raichu becomes almost unstoppable due to it due to its speed increase and it having a high special attack stat.

[@henriquecarballoaranha9100]

Af=gain, he wasn't analyzing it in singles. He didn't say "It's bad cause you need a terrain setter". He said the reason it's bad is because Raichu is fast anyways. So even in a double battle, Raichu s still the onlymon that gets it and is still bloody fast.

[@Ballslover18]

True. However I wouldn't really consider lightning rod or static to be better then Surge Surfer.

[@henriquecarballoaranha9100]

Well, static is very situational, but Lightining Rod gives you switch-in oportunities and one imunity, as well as raising your Sp. Atk (Which is what most people use on Raichu sets anyways)

[@elifabbricante2584]

Surge Surfer is really good in monotype on electric teams

[@cameronlee1409]

😂😭😭😭 that light armor joke was amazing . I really love your vids please keep up the great work

[@edwardcollins8102]

Stall is the ability version of lagging tail (just like run away is the ability version of smoke ball). Stall is useful if you want to go last in your priority bracket for some reason. Revenge and Payback came to mind, if Sableye can even learn them

[@scissormon]

Slow start went way beyond balancing regigigas and made him completely useless. So I think it's an aweful ability based on that

[@flavorflov6519]

scissormon it would've been too easy for this list.

[@leafshadow2329]

actually I used regigigas with deoxes defence (sorry I can't spell) skill swap slow start onto opponent dragon type pokemon then used ice punch

[@brahmse9409]

All the comments be like: Hol'up, you said this ability is too situational, so let me give you another situation that's too situational.

[@GlichCentral]

Don’t you dare call klutz useless! The fling synergy is amazing!

[@deathkiller008]

4 words "Generation 1 Focus Energy" *drops mic*

[@hitmonmaster]

klutz is actually a useful ability on the pokemon that get it

[@duanecaliente735]

flame orb + switcheroo

[@tesseract2144]

Will-o-wisp

[@hitmonmaster]

tesseract ` will I wisp can miss and doesn't take away the opponents good item

[@cooldude5281]

James what about taking their leftovers or megastone, and swapping it with a black sludge or flame orb?

[@cooldude5281]

James oh sorry, I didn't know you couldn't swap mega stones .

[@primemetacomet5820]

I guess klutz+trick could work, also I think illuminate deserves a shout.

[@deathstinger13]

I think Klutz can be useful in tandem with things like the Fire or Toxic orbs, which inflict status ailments on the holder

[@Mewtic1]

When do the 1st starter's abilities in x and y come?

[@angelr9794]

calling it before watching the video klutz is on this list

[@williambandas5558]

Angel R good job

[@angelr9794]

William Bandas thank you and my bewear has klutz

[@williambandas5558]

Angel R but tbh, klutz is a terrible ability on Bewear, at least compared to fluffy. if you had a choice between the two, go for fluffy.

[@angelr9794]

William Bandas I know would go with fluffy but I forgot to look at the ability and know I'm sad

[@AznYunHou]

I just bred my Stufful after catching my first female since it is better than just random encounters of such low rate

[@stephenhughes1449]

"Do you know what also allows you to escape from battle? Hitting the run button!" LOL

[@bewd4310]

Or switching to a stronger one in your team then click run. Works every time 👌

[@evoyjonathan]

Stall seems useful if you have a move that doubles in power if used last. You won't have to hold a Full Incense, so you could run with another item.

[@Iamwolf134]

Think about this, man. GF could if they so chose, made another variation of worry seed that replaces the target's ability with Stall or Klutz, therefore, it would effectively allow the user to cripple many a threat in the metagame.

[@joshchislett4159]

Where tf is Darmanitan's Zen mode ability?

[@andrewsnyder9301]

Josh Chislett it's not all that bad it's just situational and hard to use...

[@kek-senpai243]

This ability would be one of the worst in this situation. you have a stunfisk (which is ground/electric) with the ability limber

[@abuahsanimam4569]

(Insert surprised pikachu face)

[@666blaziken]

What about levitate on rotom fan?

[@SirDingWong]

Klutz was partially useful in black and white because items that have unwanted impact on your Pokemon like flame orb, toxic orb, float stone, etc. Could be used with fling. Even though it's situational it still deserves credit

[@Meaw523]

cool vid! but i recommend some light BGM in videos :)

[@TheVirtigo]

I think Klutz is for Trick and Fling strats

[@MD-vs9ff]

Sableye is immune to Counter and Mirror Coat anyway, so even your fantasy Stall would be worthless.

[@bugsthedragon4392]

for klutz, it could be used to hold something like a flame or toxic orb paired with a throwing move or item swapping move

[@islarf5095]

Run away is pretty useful in an early game nuzlocke. It's a short time but really useful

[@hayatuthunder5270]

Plus/Minus are really good when you use Magnetic Flux

[@blueflare3848]

I never even heard of Stall

[@afrohamurai]

Klutz on a Lopunny makes sense - I used it online for a bit with a Lagging Tail and Switcheroo so I could make other pokemon slow, or to take people's toxic orbs if they wanted to use Facade or something without getting poisoned

[@PlayingwithPower889]

Klutz makes it so lagging tails speed priority drop isnt applied so you can use trick or switcheroo to give pokemon that item and not be affected by a choice item you might be taking from it, klutz can also let you take a toxic orb or flame orb into battle and swap them when the moments right while avoiding their effects

[@Amo-v27]

For me, the worst would be "Dry Skin", making both Paras and Parasect pathetic against anything that breathes an itty bitty flame onto their backs. It makes them doubly weak to Fire more so than it already was, and with the previously mentioned evolution line, the type combination of BUG AND GRASS essentially makes it 8x weak to Fire attacks. Worse is when it's a crit, then that number increases to about 12x weak to a common type.

[@vezonf3nrak]

Are we just forgetting that Pokemon like Jynx and Toxicroak can just switch in on water types for free with Dry Skin?

[@daytimedarling9049]

yes but have you considered using heliolisk with dry skin, holding a big root, paired with a pokemon who has the drizzle ability, or one who has rain dance, and that heliolisk also knows parabolic charge?

[@Killerbeast-hx5qp]

Okay but who uses Paras or Parasect like ever

[@BlockBlazer]

for #2, entrainment Audino with klutz instant item shutdown.

[@mrgirafarig8100]

For Klutz, you can use Skill Swap with Swoobat, and you can negate both their ability and their item in one turn.

[@EthanolAcid]

I've used a Klutz Lopunny with Trick and Flame Orb before! It's situational for sure but can be useful. Fling also works as a substitute to Trick, haha.

[@eden-elysium]

how did spinda not get klutz?

[@EdgeLord-yr6mr]

Number 1: Oblivious. Ash Motherfucking Ketchum. Kalos Region. He Had This Ability. All I Need To Say

[@zeemgeem]

klutz can actually be used with lopunny to trick an assault vest, but that seems to be the only unique factor it has

[@TBreakk]

Klutz can be useful in comp like using trick with an assault vest into a stall wall mom. Bc usually you can’t use a move like trick with an assault vest but klutz allows you to so the wall will be forced to attack and can’t stat boost or recover

[@halogent8294]

But..even if Stall did make you go last so you could avoid counters and mirror coat...isn't sableye immune to them both already?

[@Marianoejar]

He is. Although it does help you avoid Metal Burst, so that's nice..?

[@nihildwo4874]

actually a borderline use of this ability is to somewhat mess up aegislash, cuz you can move after it transforms into blade form (if sableeye hopefully lives the hit). quite honest, i feel if i want to prove that actually works i ll need dozens of tries.

[@MudFan]

Wow, im suprised Illuminate isnt here

[@andrewprice773]

MudFan it's good for shiny hunting

[@MudFan]

oh

[@spectrumshaytokun7861]

MudFan Yeah. it raises Encounters by 100%

[@letsrank9349]

Actually you can use Klutz w/ a choice item. Only in Double Battles that is. You can make the klutz pokemon set up then use skill swap or entrainment on it. That way you can set up and have your Scarf/Specs/Band anf sweep with one boost. But it actually is a risky set

[@amazedalloy]

Klutz allows for item switching sets without the risk of getting a choice item. It can be used with a toxic orb or a lagging tail

[@sashacze8359]

Your channel is so underrated

[@IkkezzUsedEmber]

Also, fire moves immediately thaw you out, and all pokemon who get magma armor get stab on fire moves

[@wesuckatgames9549]

Not all fire moves. Only certain ones like Flare Blitz and Flame Wheel. Some others but I'm too lazy to type them out

[@toasty4438]

With bunneary and lopunny with klutz, you can put a choiced item on them and freely use all your moves, and if a threat comes in, you can switcheroo them

[@elia3277]

Klutz was actually pretty common in past generations, lopunny with trick could make some nice strategies, as passing scarf or av to bulky pokemon such as chansey, getting rid of its eviolite too Surge surfer is not that useless, I would say it's pretty damn useful, with these increments in spees of the current meta, the unburden lucha, it could really be a funny way to counter them, taking advantage of the other's field too. I could say this video was made in 2017 and at the time it was really that useful this ability tho For stall, well it kinda sucks, but knowing the competitive players I'm sure some fire dude could have found a really nice strategy with it